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Tree shrew lavatories: a novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant

Nepenthes pitcher plants are typically carnivorous, producing pitchers with varying combinations of epicuticular wax crystals, viscoelastic fluids and slippery peristomes to trap arthropod prey, especially ants. However, ant densities are low in tropical montane habitats, thereby limiting the potent...

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Autori principali: Clarke, Charles M., Bauer, Ulrike, Lee, Ch'ien C., Tuen, Andrew A., Rembold, Katja, Moran, Jonathan A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781956/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19515656
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0311
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